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2 HAMILTON SPECTATOR Saturday January 30 2016 www.spec.com.au COMING UP IN THE SPECTATOR Full set of flags for museum “The $1.1 billion the Andrew’s Government flushed down the dunny by cancelling Melbourne’s East-West link could have repaired every crumbling road that we here are forced to risk life, limb and vehicle on.” A letter from the publisher By Richard Beks Page 2 — Western District Farmer — Out Now! Next Tuesday ... • Full results and pictures from the weekend’s sport. • Great buys in our supermarkets. • News from district racetracks and other sporting venues. • The “Where Are They Now” column will feature former Greater Hamilton people who went on to lead an interesting life. • The Spectator’s new TV Guide with Nanna Nola’s old time recipes, jokes, rural yarns, funny photo caption competition ... and still more. Next Thursday ... • Pages for youth with puzzles, games and fun things to do. • The weekly directories of trade services available in the area. • Reports on what’s happening in district secondary and primary schools. Next Saturday ... • Real estate guide • Saturday magazine • Rural news from the SW • Best buys from local car yards • What’s happening in the churches • Hamilton & Warrnambool market reports • Weekend sports previews We’re not sure if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has time to read The Spectator at the moment! WANNON MP Dan Tehan presents an Australia flag to Hamilton’s Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum committee vice president Bill Sharp (left), Hamilton Aero Club president Kelvin Rogers, museum committee president Jim Ford, secretary Heather Kruger, museum committee members Graeme Ralph and Bryan Griffiths, and museum visitor Gerald Caroll. V/Line train interruptions ‘could continue for months’ DENIS PETERS But nearly all South-Western Victorian farmers do ... and 95 per cent of all Victoria’s farmers buy their supplies locally. A Farm Monitor survey in February asked farmers the location of their suppliers of farm supplies such as fertilisers, chemicals and feed. The answer showed that 95 per cent of the owner-managers interviewed ordered these farm supplies locally. This combination of local buyers and the Spectator’s massive rural readership in a radius of 75 km of Hamilton city is another reason why you can expect better results when you advertise in — “Part of the rural scene since 1859” GET YOUR COPY OF THE SPECTATOR AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY INTERRUPTIONS to V/Line train services between Ballarat and Melbourne could continue for months, Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allen said. Services are expected to begin improving from mid-February, according to V/Line. A number of trains between Ballarat and Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station are being replaced by coaches each day. V/Line chief Theo Taifalos yesterday resigned as problems of recent weeks continue to grip the state’s regional rail operator. About 70 train services a day have been replaced by coaches until further notice due to rapid wheel wear on VLocity trains. “The current disruptions across the V/Line network … as a result of faster-than-normal wheel wear on VLocity trains and a boom-gate fault … are totally unacceptable,” Ms Allen said. “Last week, the government was told the problems had been identified and the vast majority of services would be up and running by the end of the week. “This advice from V/Line was wrong and this unacceptable situation has caused the government to lose confidence in the leadership of V/Line. “The CEO has resigned effective immediately.” Ms Allen said with the Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong lines, V/ Line now expected services to “steadily improve from mid- February but it will be months before normal services resume in full.” “V/Line is taking steps to reduce the rate of wheel wear but extensive testing is still underway to determine the exact cause of the problem,” she said. “This is absolutely vital work to ensure the safety of passengers on all our rail networks.” In light of the unacceptable disruptions, the government is extending free travel for regional passengers until at least the last service of February 7. “In addition, the timetable change scheduled for January 31 for the Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo lines will be deferred until the government is confident it can be successfully implemented.” The government has already ordered a review of V/ Line operations. Technical investigations into the wheel wear and boom-gate issues are continuing. A spokesman for Ms Allen said the same level of coach replacements on the BallaratMelbourne run should continue Engine/Gearbox Treatment 160,000kms or 2000hrs “Proven Antiwear Protection since 1975” Less than 1 cent/kilometre ONE TREATMENT PROTECTION See it at PK BEARINGS French St, Hamilton P: 5572 4833 Petr Hulin Upholsterer & French Polisher • Antiques fully restored • Lounge suites reupholstered • Furniture restored - all types • Rocking Horse restoration • Second generation upholsterer P: 5562 7806 M: 0411 697 052 196 Koroit St, Warrnambool Continuing a proud tradition of craftsmanship through to late next week. At that time, results of testing on the wheel-wear problem should be known and announcements on scheduling changes will be made then. Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber noted Mr Taifalos’ resignation but said there was still a need to get to the root causes of the V/line “meltdown”. “We still expect V/line’s executives and board to appear before the Upper House Economy and Infrastructure Committee,” Mr Barber said. “This debacle has dragged on longer than anybody could have expected. “We will also want to know whether money to address this problem is being allocated in the May state budget.” HAMILTON HIRE For all your commercial and domestic plant and equipment requirements • Mini Excavator • Scissor Lifts • Core Drilling • Log Splitters • Mini Diggers • Mini Mix Concrete Mob 0429 343 051 13 Peck Street - Phone 5571 1999 160128bj015 REX MARTINICH HAMILTON’S Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum now has a full set of flags to help celebrate the 80th anniversary of the former airline’s first flight, with Wannon MP Dan Tehan contributing an Australian flag. The Ballarat Rd museum now has a full set of new flags, including Southern Grampians Shire, the Victorian State Flag and an Ansett Australia airline flag. Mr Tehan said it was great to see the airline’s sprit had lived on. “It will be fantastic for Hamilton and will bring in visitors,” he said. “There should especially be thanks for the volunteers as it takes a lot of time and energy to keep the museum running.” Museum committee president Jim Ford thanked Mr Tehan for the flag, which was presented to volunteers on Thursday. “We’re grateful for the support from the Government and Dan Tehan with the flag, along with the flags from the state Government Southern Grampians Shire,” he said. “We now have the full set.” The museum has received a bigger than expected response for its event on February 17, marking the first flight from Hamilton to Melbourne in 1936. “We had to shift the event from the Aero Club to the Hamilton Exhibition and Conference Centre at the showgrounds,” Mr Ford said. “It will be a big event with a good showing form the Ansett family and ex-employees. “We plan on having an air hostess fashion parade, the restored old clippers, and an original Buick (from Sir Ansett’s earlier car hire business).” The Ansett transport empire grew from a semi-legal private car hire business to a coach clipper service and then to a domestic and international airline. In 1936, seven passengers and two crew members, including Sir Reginald himself, travelled from Hamilton to Melbourne in a second-hand Fokker Universal FX-1 monoplane. By the late 1990s the company would grow to a fleet of 138 aircraft flying domestically and to New Zealand and South-East Asia. Ansett Australia had once had a total share market value of over $1.7 billion in 2015 dollars, but the company fell on hard times after being wholly acquired by Air New Zealand and was liquidated in 2001. SLC0534202N SAB1841142N H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H SEA3031011 SEA3003616